28-918. Bribery of a witness; penalty; witness receiving bribe; penalty.
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(1)A person commits bribery of a witness if he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he believes is about to be called as a witness in any official proceeding with intent to:
(a)Influence him to testify falsely or unlawfully withhold any testimony; or
(b)Induce him to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or
(c)Induce him to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
(2)Bribery of a witness is a Class IV felony.
(3)A person who is a witness or has been called as a witness in any official proceeding commits a Class IV felony if he accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from any other person for the purposes set forth in subsection
(1)of this section.